diff --git a/.env.model b/.env.example
similarity index 100%
rename from .env.model
rename to .env.example
diff --git a/api_volontaria/.env.example b/api_volontaria/.env.example
index 45722b99..97263dc8 100644
--- a/api_volontaria/.env.example
+++ b/api_volontaria/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## GENERAL SETTINGS
 DEBUG=True
 SECRET_KEY=local
-ALLOWED_HOSTS=127.0.0.1, localhost,
+ALLOWED_HOSTS=127.0.0.1 localhost
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://my_db_user:my_db_password@postgres:5432/my_db_name